Engineering Firm Relocates to New 125,000-SF HQ

[IMGCAP(1)]SYRACUSE-O’Brien & Gere, an engineering and project delivery firm, will relocate its corporate headquarters from the suburb of Dewitt, NY to a targeted investment district in downtown Syracuse. The project, with the help of the Empire State Development, will bring 300 O’Brien & Gere employees to the downtown area and anchor a major revitalization strategy for the City here.

O’Brien & Gere will partner with the Pioneer Cos., to build and develop a six-story, 125,000-sf class A multi-tenant office building and parking garage located at the corner of West Washington and South Franklin streets in Armory Square. Called Washington Station, the project is being guided, rated and will be certified by the USGBC.

[IMGCAP(2)]While O’Brien & Gere will be the major tenant of the building, other tenants will be secured for the project, including Pioneer’s own headquarters. Michael Paul Falcone, chairman and CEO of Pioneer, tells GlobeSt.com that he expects that the company will break ground at the end of the year and he anticipates occupancy in July 2010. Falcone says that Pioneer remains committed to investing in upstate downtown city centers. “Washington Station is proof that once again we are setting the standard for new building development that has a significant economic impact to Syracuse’s urban core.”